Research Showcase 2015

The Graduate School’s annual Research Showcase gives University of Nottingham postgraduate students and staff the chance to share their research with new audiences and tell the world about their work.

Tags: Graduate School, networking, postgraduate, research, Research Showcase, showcase

Research Staff Development Conference 2015

The annual Research Staff Development Conference brings together researchers from across the institution to explore the strategies for enhancing researcher’s careers. The event includes presentations from academics, senior university staff and guest speakers.

Tags: career, Graduate School, Karen Cox, Professional Development, research, Research Staff Development Conference

Workers of all lands unite?

‘Workers of all lands, unite?’ is a conference aiming to gather postgraduate students (PhDs, MRes, MA), early career researchers, trade unionists and activists interested in working class nationalism and internationalism. Featuring keynote speaker Dan Gallin, Chair of the Global Labour Institute.

Tags: class, Dan Gallin, Department of American and Canadian Studies, Department of History, Global Labour Institute, postgraduate, research

Take part in survey to shape the future of hearing loss research

Has your life been touched by hearing loss? Take part in a survey and you could help […]

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Tags: BRU, hearing, JLA, National Institute for Health Research, NIHR, Nottingham Hearing Biomedical Research Unit, research, survey, take part

Responsible Research and Innovation: from nice words to meaningful action

In this Making Science Public Lecture, Professor Richard Owen from the University of Exeter discusses ‘Responsible Research and Innovation: from nice words to meaningful action’. Admission free, all welcome.

Tags: Innovation, research, Responsible Research and Innovation, Richard Owen, RRI, University of Exeter, University Park

Calling all gamers

Smoking in video game cut scenes — can you help? Do you play video or computer […]

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Tags: alcohol, computer games, cut scene, drug use, research, smoking, study, video games

Projects, professionalism and pendulums: higher education on the move

Student research is the ultimate heuristic tool, but supervising projects is tricky. Research is uncertain and demands on staff time are huge, yet the student needs a good degree and the supervisor wants a successful career. Can this conundrum be resolved?

Tags: education, higher education, inaugural lecture, research, School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus

Record research fund

University academics secured a record £170m in new grants last year. Funding during the last financial […]

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Tags: Cross-Council Connected Communities Programme, entre for Innovative Manufacturing in Food, EPSRC National Centre of Excellence for Power Electronics, ESRC Network for Integrated Behavioural Science, MRC-Arthritis UK Centre for Musculoskeletal Ageing Research, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research, Professor Mark Johnson, Professor Saul Tendler, research

Responsible Research and Innovation seminars

Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI) is a bridge between science and society that aims to increase the public value of science.

Tags: Dr Ellen-Marie Forsberg, Dr Sarah Hartley, Dr Warren Pearce, Institute for Science and Society, research

Funding on the up

Funding for world-leading research has reached £150m for the first time.

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Tags: funding, Prof Bob Webb, research